Vesper 30,169 Posted June 23, 2024 Share Posted June 23, 2024 Bolivia are pure thugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,169 Posted June 23, 2024 Share Posted June 23, 2024 2 nil Balogun (ex Arse) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 23, 2024 Share Posted June 23, 2024 (edited) Bolivia is very simple: they win most of the their home games at 11,975 ft (3600m) above sea level -- at La Paz where visiting players can barely run. They lose all games away from home usually conceding a lot of goals. But playing at 3.6km high is totally fine. 🙄 Edited June 23, 2024 by robsblubot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 24, 2024 Share Posted June 24, 2024 On Copa I will chear for Uruguay. Great footballing country, 2 times world champion, just 3,4m people and Bielsa as coach. Interesting squad. What's not to like? cfccrost 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 25, 2024 Share Posted June 25, 2024 Brazil 0:0 with Costa Rica lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesman2610 1,417 Posted June 25, 2024 Share Posted June 25, 2024 Jonathan David with well taken goal vs Peru 1:0 Canada NikkiCFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAPHOD2319 4,814 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 bluesman2610 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 (edited) On 24/06/2024 at 21:00, NikkiCFC said: Brazil 0:0 with Costa Rica lol Vini is a great player, and likes the big matches too, but boy he's just not that skillful. That tight control Neymar have? had, Eden had, is nowhere to be found in his game, for ex. Rodrygo has been the best Brazil player for a while now. The midfield is lacking big time; don't know what Paqueta is doing there. His head can't be right as he will likely stop playing football very soon. A lot of criticism about the number of CM/DMs against Costa Rica, but there is a strategy that applies to both Brazil manager as well as Southgate: in big tourneys, prep your team to face the big guns. Southgate also has the issue of some players being very used to the positional play (Rice, Saka, and Fodden, Walker, Stone). Ah the field was very weird too apparently. Don't think that's an excuse against CR, but its narrow shape definitely favors D. Just to reiterate that it is one of the worst Brazilian sides I've seen. The saving grace is that we do have some very talented youngsters coming through. Edited June 26, 2024 by robsblubot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 Thought Argentina played well actually. Enzo was decent, but his performance would worry most who expect him to be/become an elite player. Alvarez was really good and for me one of the players who were in-synch with Messi, which is no small feat; his finishing let him down tho. Argentina played like the favorite tho; they can play physical when needed and do a really good job passing the football around when allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 1 hour ago, robsblubot said: Ah the field was very weird too apparently. Don't think that's an excuse against CR, but its narrow shape definitely favors D. I noticed it too a couple of days ago. In general every pre season and now on Copa when I watch, American fields look kinda different. Is it because NFL? Not even speaking about quality but shape, color, visually it's just different and not in a good way. Hope for World Cup they do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 2 minutes ago, NikkiCFC said: I noticed it too a couple of days ago. In general every pre season and now on Copa when I watch, American fields look kinda different. Is it because NFL? Not even speaking about quality but shape, color, visually it's just different and not in a good way. Hope for World Cup they do something. yup they are NFL fields, which are narrower.. still within the thresholds, but not really what the players are used to. Apparently they replaced all synthetic turf before the comp as well w/ real grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KEVINAA 129 Posted June 26, 2024 Share Posted June 26, 2024 (edited) THE 2024 FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP [UZBEKISTAN from Saturday 14 Sept – Sunday 6 Oct 2024] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_FIFA_Futsal_World_Cup The 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup will be the tenth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be held in Uzbekistan. It will be the first FIFA tournament ever hosted by Uzbekistan, the first FIFA tournament to be ever hosted in Central Asia. Host country : Uzbekistan Dates : 14 September – 6 October 2024 Teams : 24 (from 6 confederations) Venues : 3 (in 3 host cities) Edited June 26, 2024 by KEVINAA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 28, 2024 Share Posted June 28, 2024 Big loss for USA. With Uruguay next they could get eliminated already in group stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 28, 2024 Share Posted June 28, 2024 6 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: Big loss for USA. With Uruguay next they could get eliminated already in group stage. They have no business in the knockout stages of Copa America until they can consistently beat the likes of Panama. The same applies to Mexico, who are really a tier 3 team just like the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,318 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 James Rodriguez still got it. 3 assists already. Duran can't even start for Colombia who with Uruguay looks very good. I think this could be the tournament where Brazil and Argentina stay empty hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,169 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 21 hours ago, robsblubot said: They have no business in the knockout stages of Copa America until they can consistently beat the likes of Panama. The same applies to Mexico, who are really a tier 3 team just like the US. if memory serves, didn't Panama knock the US out of the World Cup finals qualification some years ago with some upset? LAM09 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,169 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 Uruguay are playing great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 1 hour ago, Vesper said: if memory serves, didn't Panama knock the US out of the World Cup finals qualification some years ago with some upset? Maybe... 😉 and if so, my point exactly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsblubot 3,595 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 4 hours ago, NikkiCFC said: James Rodriguez still got it. 3 assists already. Duran can't even start for Colombia who with Uruguay looks very good. I think this could be the tournament where Brazil and Argentina stay empty hands. He only plays well for Colombia. I think the reason is that the whole team plays for him and he's simply not good enough for a big team to do the same. 47 minutes ago, Vesper said: Uruguay are playing great Yeah they are always somewhat strong; they often have gaping holes in the squad tho, which makes them less of favorites against Arg and Bra, but I like their style. South of Brazil is a big fan of Uruguay in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAM09 7,051 Posted June 29, 2024 Share Posted June 29, 2024 (edited) 8 hours ago, Vesper said: if memory serves, didn't Panama knock the US out of the World Cup finals qualification some years ago with some upset? Correct. The year they went to the WC & literally gifted Kane the golden boot. Edited June 29, 2024 by LAM09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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